This Week in Drupal Core: September 18, 2013

Welcome to the inaugural entry in the "This Week in Drupal Core" series, which aims to highlight cool happenings in and around Drupal core for people who don't have their home pages set to http://drupal.org/project/issues/user (as shocking as it may be to hear, apparently these people exist ;)).

Overall, energy in the core queue has largely been spent around readying things for DrupalCon Prague (in just a few short days, EEEEE!), which means a particular focus on un-blocking various initiatives, completing conversions, and improving developer experience so our presentations are a lot less embarrassing. :D

#1983554: Remove BC-mode from EntityNG: In an EPIC undertaking, @plach, @effulgentsia, and @Berdir managed to successfully remove the old backwards-compatibility layer we'd added to keep D8 stable while various things were ported to the new entity system. Removing these types of layers is a really important step in resolving some of the known performance regressions in Drupal 8 at the moment.

Drupal 8 in Meat-Space

DrupalCon Prague is next week! Both before and after the conference (September 21 - 29), there will be extended Drupal 8 sprints and Sprint Day on Friday, where hoards of Drupal developers will gather in order to actively work on a range of Drupal 8 topics including multilingual, web services, mobile, accessibility, and more!

If you've never been to a sprint before, essentially it's groups of people with laptops and whiteboards, seated around tables which each have a focus on a specific topic area (and normally have candy, too! ;)). There are both technical and non-technical topics, so everyone is welcome! You sit down at a table, ask for something to work on (or bring a suggestion of your own) and collaborate directly with lead core developers on the various aspects of Drupal 8. It's a wonderful way to meet friends, learn new things, and have a tangible impact on making Drupal 8 awesome!

Welcome to the inaugural entry in the "This Week in Drupal Core" series, which aims to highlight cool happenings in and around Drupal core for people who don't have their home pages set to http://drupal.org/project/issues/user (as shocking as it may be to hear, apparently these people exist ;)).